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Introduction to Community Bonds: Enabling Community Ownership of Assets

Social purpose organizations (in particular non-profits, charities and cooperatives) need flexible and creative financing tools to help deliver impact to their communities. Among these tools is community finance and in particular, community bonds.  Join Buy Social Canada and Tapestry Community Capital to explore how community bonds can enable community ownership of assets.  Tapestry Community Capital, a Buy […]

The Power of Storytelling: Tips and tools for social enterprises

Telling your story is a valuable skill for all social enterprises and other social value suppliers to be able to demonstrate impact, share updates with stakeholders, and secure clients. This one-hour webinar will give an overview of the art and importance of storytelling through the unique lens of social value suppliers.  This webinar is right […]

Community Benefits in Construction: Mandate, Design and Implement

Construction projects influence our communities beyond the physical structures they build. They also impact local economies and labour markets, whether intended or not. If these impacts are considered with positive intention, the projects bring the opportunity to create long-lasting economic and social benefits with and for the communities in which they occur. Join Buy Social […]

Social Procurement Professional Certificate September 2024 Cohort

Join the September 2024 cohort of the Social Procurement Professional Certificate course. If you are: Then this is the course for you! This certificate program has been developed to provide both private and public sector participants with in-depth knowledge of the fundamental components of social procurement success; how to create a social value culture within […]